TgAb’s Change Trend and Degree of Decline Has Good Prognostic Value for Preoperative TgAb-Positive DTC Patients: A Retrospective Study in Southwest China
Abstract:PurposeAntithyroglobulin antibody (TgAb) is a potential tumor marker for the detection of recurrence of DTC, but there are not sufficient data supporting its application in clinical work. Our study aimed at describing change trend of TgAb after surgery and finding the relationship between this trend and clinical outcome of DTC.MethodsWe reviewed clinical data of 583 patients initially diagnosed with thyroid malignancy and underwent total thyroidectomy (TTx) in our hospital in 2016. Finally, 21 preoperative TgA… Show more
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